Six weeks after taking office, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is contending with a nationwide wave of violence, and is facing increasingly urgent questions about what she plans to do about it.

The Federal Aviation Administration is prohibiting U.S. airlines from flying to Haiti for 30 days after gangs shot three planes, and the United Nations temporarily suspended flights to Port-au-Prince, limiting humanitarian aid coming into the country.

Haiti’s international airport shut down on Monday after gangs opened fire at a commercial flight landing in Port-Au-Prince, prompting some airlines to temporarily suspend operations as the country swore in a new interim prime minister who promised to restore peace.

A transitionary council created to reestablish democratic order in Haiti signed a decree Sunday firing interim Prime Minister Garry Conille and replacing him with Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, a businessman who was previously considered for the job.

The rumbling was felt across the eastern stretch of Cuba, including in bigger cities such as Santiago de Cuba. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

Rafael was forecast to continue moving south toward southern Mexico in the coming days as it weakens. In Cuba it forced the evacuation of 283,000 people and collapsed 461 homes.

“We’re making America more secure for sure,” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said. “But we’re also making history today — as the first woman commander of SOUTHCOM passes the baton to the first African-American commander of SOUTHCOM.”

Haitian activists on Thursday demanded that other countries temporarily stop deportations to their country due to a surge in gang violence and deepening poverty.

Cuba was left reeling Thursday after a fierce Category 3 hurricane ripped across the island, destroying hundreds of homes, knocking out the country’s power grid and damaging other infrastructure.

The storm is bad news for Cuba, which is struggling with devastating blackouts while recovering from another hurricane two weeks ago that killed at least six people in the eastern part of the island.